Planorbis carinatus

Planorbis carinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Planorbis
Species:	P. carinatus
Binomial name
	Planorbis carinatus; O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
	List Anisus carinatus(O. F. Müller, 1774); superseded combination; Helix planataMaton & Rackett, 1807; junior subjective synonym; Planorbis (Anisus) tenellusS. Studer, 1820; junior synonym; Planorbis (Anisus) umbilicatusS. Studer, 1820; junior synonym; Planorbis (Planorbis) carinatusO. F. Müller, 1774; alternative representation; Planorbis (Planorbis) dubiusW. Hartmann, 1821; junior subjective synonym; Planorbis marginatus var. dubiusW. Hartmann, 1821; junior subjective synonym; Planorbis tenerrimusM. Bielz, 1851; unaccepted;

Last updated August 22, 2025

Planorbis carinatus is species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.

Description

The width of shell of this species is 9–15 mm. The shell has a noticeable keel at the center of the periphery of the body whorl.

Distribution

Planorbis carinatus is found across Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. The Distribution type is European Wide-temperate range.

This species has not yet been evaluated for the IUCN red list ^[2]
Czech Republic ^[3]
Slovakia ^[3]
Germany
Netherlands ^[4]
Poland

Ecology

The habitat of this species is larger water bodies such as the open water of canals, rivers and lakes. It is essentially a hard water species and it is only locally found in very soft or acid waters.

References

↑ Neubauer, Thomas A. (2015). "Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 22 August 2025.
↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 5 March 2007.
1 2 (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca , Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
↑ (in Dutch) Planorbis carinatus — ANEMOON

External links

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[worms-1] Neubauer, Thomas A. (2015). "Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[2] 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 5 March 2007.

[Horsák_2010-3] 1 2 (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca , Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.

[4] (in Dutch) Planorbis carinatus — ANEMOON

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